[1] The 220kV power line, begins at the substation at Nkenda, in Kasese District, Western Uganda.
The line travels in a south-westerly direction through Mpondwe, to Kasindi, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
There, it takes a general north-westerly course, to end at Beni, North Kivu Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Uganda plans to sell electricity to neighboring countries, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after Karuma Hydroelectric Power Station and Isimba Hydroelectric Power Station become operational in 2019.
[4][5] The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has plans to extend the high-voltage power line to Bunia and Butebo.